Yes, I thought it was a strange title too.
Though it does sound like a sensationalist fundamentalist Christian novel about the aftermath of a medical supply Rapture, “When surgical tools are left behind” was the compelling title of a show on TLC tonight. The Sicilian and I were having dinner and looking for a little electromagnetically charged entertainment. However, as is so often the case, there were 200 channels or more, and not a single thing on worth watching. No Russian films on the CUNY channel, no CBC news, not even those wonderful commercials for South Asian psychics on Zee TV, nothing. And as compelling as the idea of finding out what happens when surgical tools get left behind was, I could not watch it.
But I did have a convulsive fit of laughter. At the title, at the idea of a show about this. What’s disturbing is that there are (a) enough cases of this to do a show about it, and (b) footage (I assume).
And here’s a photo I took of one of the vast number of painted cows exhibited last June in Prague. It’s modelling a representation of the Astronomical Clock in Staromestske namesti. 
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Did you know that your RSS feed doesn’t include your whole post? Alot of us won’t open our browsers to read the rest especially if your blog is in a long list of blogs we are reading to see if we like.
You know, Scott, I actually updated my RSS settings based on your last comment, so I am surprised that this is still a problem. Can others confirm how I look on thier RSS feeders?
It came out fine on mine. I saw the cow and everything.
And where were the tools left? In peoples’ abdomens and such?
Yes indeed, Brian. That’s the 100% not-funny-in-any-way part: that this apparently happens all the time. Often enough to warrant a tv special on bad cable.
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The July 12th episode of “When Surgical Tools Get Left Behind” is about a robotic surgical scrub nurse that will eliminate the problem of surgical tools being left behind as well as deal with the shortage of human scrub nurses.
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